Cadaver Tombs

Church of ??, South
Dalton, East Yorkshire.

This picture at South
Dalton or Dalton Holme in Yorkshire shows a monument to Sir John
Hotham who died in 1689.

It is a poorer copy of the
one at Hatfield. Hertfordshire, to Sir Robert Cecil, First Earl
of Salisbury (1563-1612) by Maximillian Colt.

It comprises a large black
belgian slab with John's effigy reclining on top whilst
underneath is the skeleton laid on a plaited straw mattress. At
each corner kneels one of the four virtues supporting the slab on
her shoulders.